The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.

True obedience is true freedom.

Death is not an end. It is a new impulse.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stoney street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.